GRE Word List
PHOENIX
a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.
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| injurious | inflicting or tending to inflict injury : detrimental |
| mediate | occupying a middle position |
| superficial | of, relating to, or located near a surface |
| cognizance | a distinguishing mark or emblem (such as a heraldic bearing) |
| derivative | a word formed from another word or base : a word formed by derivation |
| repugnance | the quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent |
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| trickle | to issue or fall in drops |
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